Life is an exercise to express the InExpressible.

If you think that Hinduism and the Hindus of the olden days were very serious people and that their texts and literature had no sense of humor, think again! Let's enjoy today few such Sanskrit humor with English translation. Stay tune to our blog. Express YourSelf !

Here is a Subhashita--wisdom words, that speaks about the samudra mathana--churning the ocean of milk, and says humorously that ultimately it was the dress that made the difference for the gods Vishnu and Shiva!

"What's in one's dress"—-is a point for contemplation;apparel is indeed important for appropriateness;Looking at the one dressed in bright yellow clothes (MahAviShNu), the ocean gave him his daughter;seeing the one dressed in nothing (Shiva) it gave him poison!********************

This subhAShita says that a doctor is like the brother of Yama, the Lord of Death!